Tours

Day Tours to Rotorua and beyond, brought to you by Cruise Tauranga

Tauaranga, Rotorua and the Bay of Plenty have so much to offer, whether you are staying for one day, one week or one month. For those of you visiting on a cruise ship, with only one day to explore the region, let us help you decide what to do and show you around when you visit.

More Tours with Cruise Tauranga

Te Puia and Geysers Tour

If you only have one day to see a unique and special part of New Zealand, then this tour is a great option. Informative and great fun, our knowledgeable fulltime guides will provide a day of exciting discovery, as you journey into the heart of the North Island’s volcanic zone.

Hobbiton and Rotorua Geysers Tour

This is your chance to visit TWO of the North Island’s top visitor attractions on the same day! The amazing geothermal activity and geysers at Te Puia, and Hobbiton, the movie set, home of Bilbo Baggins.

Agrodome and Rainbow Springs Tour

This is a great tour for families. First stop is the Agrodome for a one-hour farm show starring sheep, dogs, ducks, cows and more. Very amusing and interactive as well as informative, giving an insight into New Zealand’s rural life.

Geothermal Highlights Tour

If you have been to Rotorua before, or have seen geysers in Yellowstone or Iceland and want something slightly different, then this is a tour worth considering.

White Water Rafting

Experience the thrill of Whitewater rafting on the Kaituna River a grade 5 river, with the highest commercially rafted waterfall in the world! An adrenalin rush, fast and furious, this exhilarating ride moves you through foamy water and over the awesome seven metre drop.

Zipline Canopy Tour

During your 3-hour Canopy Tour, you will be guided through this magical place on a 1.2 kilometre network of 6 ziplines, swing bridges and treetop platforms up to 22 metres high, in the Canopy of our ancient native forest.

Charter Tour

This is ideal for larger groups and lets you choose your destination and times. We can even accommodate multiple drop-offs and pick-ups in Rotorua and Tauranga, if some of your group would like to do different activities.

Polynesian Spa and Luge Tour

A fantastic day for family and friends, young and old. Enjoy the views of lake Rotorua and the city from the top of the Skyline Gondola, race down the luge tracks in specially designed carts (great for children of all ages, even the ‘retired’ ones).

Waitomo Glow Worm Cave Tour

A chance to see New Zealand’s unique glow worm whilst you drift on a boat through the Glow Worm Grotto gazing up at the tens of thousands of tiny lights.

Custom Tour

For many ‘cruisers’, this is their second or even third visit to Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty. Our custom tours allow you to choose what you want to see, and spend as much, or as little time, at each venue as you want.

Gold, Forests and Mines Tour

During the 1860’s New Zealand was at the centre of a gold rush. About an hour’s drive from Tauranga, in a gap between the Kaimai Ranges and the Coromandel, lies Karangahake Gorge, once the home to a gold mining settlement of over 2,000 people.

Twin V8's meet Endangered Birds

You will be met at the end of the Wharf and then head for Lake Rotorua, which sits in the massive caldera of a dormant volcano at the eastern end of the Taupo Volcanic zone. Makoia Island, your destination, sits in the middle of this stunning lake.